Wednesday, May 3, 2017

newtonian mechanics - Clarification regarding Newton's Third Law of Motion and why movement is possible



Newton's third law states that to every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.


If that's the case, then how do things move at all? Shouldn't all applied forces be canceled by the equal and opposite force it experiences from the object they were applied to?




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